Imagine the date is Dec. 8, 1941, and Donald J. Trump is the president and the Congress is comprised of today’s members. President Trump has just delivered the identical speech before a Joint Session of Congress as delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt calling for a declaration of war against Japan.

Now, fast forward to Dec. 8, 1942. Congress (Republicans and Democrats) is still debating and playing childish games with the declaration of war. Meanwhile, the industrial base of the United States sputters along as the war machines of the Third Reich and the Japanese Empire are in high gear consolidating their gains in Europe and the Pacific, respectively.

We are not building any ships or aircraft and our armed forces remain at a level unable to wage war. To make matters worse, we are colluding with the United Kingdom and Russia about the war.

Those who want a consolidated war effort are being investigated by every Congressional committee while the media has a heyday with the “rumors of war” and collusion accusations.

With regard to the war effort, the members of Congress are trying to see how many jobs the war effort would create in their districts and how much business could be given to their brothers-in-law.

There is not a single member of Congress worthy of being reelected. We must remember that we -- “we the people” -- have the power, the power to remove each one at the next election. We must demand the new Congress initiate an amendment to the Constitution for term limits (6 years maximum) with no grandfathering clause.